While I like exploring museums on my own, I would appreciate having the assistance of an experienced guide. This guide should provide not only information but also beneficial insight into the exhibits that are housed there. In reality, this desire has become increasingly harder to fulfill as there are just a few guides available and most of them appear to dish out just common facts with some stories or legends with the authenticity questioned.
So, what do I do when I’m in a museum and can’t find a good guide?
So, by entering a numerical code into the dial pad provided on the headphone set, I could listen to an audio guide that describes what an artifact is about. Usually, the audio quality is poor, and I lose interest. The introduction of augmented reality technology is altering the museum experience. Adoption of these technologies in museums to improve the overall visitor experience is a growing trend. Augmented reality creates a highly interactive museum experience, paving the way for a memorable museum visit.
Here is what museums must do to provide an AR museum experience. They must engage and collaborate with museum staff members, content producers, and AR solution developers to create dynamic immersive, and interesting AR applications. These applications must be made easily accessible for users to download onto their devices. QR codes can be included in posters and brochures to make it easier to download and install these apps. They must also be free and quickly accessible. The most important task is creating the content, the interface that users interact with, and providing the visitor with an unparalleled user experience (UI/UX). Another objective is to design an app for all demographics while also making it more gamified and enjoyable for younger viewers who are part of the digital generation. The engagement designed when utilizing the app is what provides the visitors with a memorable experience. Finally, they must deploy staff members to assist visitors in installing the app and answering any questions they may have.
All the user has been asked to do is install and operate the app. Smartphones and AR wearable devices make it simple to use AR apps. Smartphones, fortunately, are becoming more common, and those without one are becoming increasingly difficult to find. Once installed, these AR apps alter your view of an artifact. Holding your mobile device and seeing the artifact via the app, which uses the device camera, gives you more options for learning and experiencing it.
When viewing a painting, it may provide a textual or audio description of it, including full information on the person who painted it and the process or when it was done. Talking to a virtual expert will provide you with more technical information about the painting. Assume you’re looking at an Egyptian mummy in a sarcophagus and your curiosity is captured. This app would enable you to be rotated and view the mummy’s digital rendering in all directions, as well as see an exploded view of it. If you’re curious about how it looks on the inside, you can get an X-ray of it. With the utilization of creatively designed AR museum experience applications, the understanding and appreciation of each artifact is multiplied a hundredfold.
Fusion VR is one of India’s leading AR VR solution providers for interactive museums and Augmented Reality experience centers. We have created interesting responsive museum experiences that have been well received by all. The fascinating reality is that augmented reality in museums is here to stay, and the future is exciting and bright for museums, developers, and visitors. Our website on museums and corporate experience centers is a good place to start. This, we hope, will broaden your perspective on the exciting potential of augmented reality and virtual reality in modern-day museums.
